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MANFRED VON RICHTHOFEN
The High Price of Glory
Inbunden, 2024
280 kr
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It is more than a hundred years since Manfred von Richthofen, the ‘Red Baron’, was killed in combat on the Western Front. Yet this gallant fighter pilot is probably as well known today as he was his lifetime.Beginning in 1916, when his lethal skills were first realised, his image proved a godsend …
Manfred von Richthofen
His Life and Times in Pictures
Inbunden, 2024
288 kr
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It is more than a hundred years since the First World War fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen was killed in combat on the Western Front. By then, due to a strange twist of fate, his name was becoming as well known in Britain, France and the USA as it was in Germany.Following the outbreak of war in …
G T 3 The Unrealised Dream
The Story of Britain's Last Gas Turbine Locomotive
Inbunden, 2025
334 kr
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During the 1930s, with the end of steam locomotion being actively considered, many looked to develop engines powered by diesel and electricity. But for the coming of war in 1939, and the acute recession that followed, much more might have been accomplished. Nevertheless, the die had been cast and …
Vought F4U Corsair in The War Against Japan
A Photographic Record of the 15th Naval Fighter Wing at War 1944-5
Inbunden, 2025
271 kr
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By mid-1944, the Allies, especially the United States, began preparing for a potential invasion of Japan. Churchill expected the Royal Navy to support the U.S. Navy in achieving aerial dominance. The Admiralty focused on strengthening its carrier forces, forming the 15th Naval Fighter Wing. …
British Rail High Speed Train
The Evolution of the Inter City 125
Inbunden, 2026
400 kr
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After fifty years of service the lives of the HST 125s are now drawing to a close. Some remain to remind us of the extraordinary impact these trains had on British Rail’s operations over so many decades, but their number is dwindling fast. A long goodbye, but a goodbye nonetheless. With their days …
Gresley's Master Engineer, Bert Spencer
A Career in Railway Engineering and Design
Inbunden, 2023
315 kr
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The great and the good rarely, if ever, accomplish all they wish to achieve without the able assistance of many skilled men and women. To have a very capable person beside you acting as guide, confidant and adviser is essential. Even better when it is someone with a depth of knowledge equal to, or …
Gresley's Master Engineer, Bert Spencer
A Career in Railway Engineering and Design
E-bok, 2023
333 kr
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The great and the good rarely, if ever, accomplish all they wish to achieve without the able assistance of many skilled men and women. To have a very capable person beside you acting as guide, confidant and adviser is essential. Even better when it is someone with a depth of knowledge equal to, or …
George Jackson Churchward, 1857-1933
The Great Western's Locomotive Genius
Inbunden, 2025
344 kr
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George Churchward is regarded by many, including the towering figures of Nigel Gresley, William Stanier and Andre Chapelon, as the most inventive, ingenious and successful steam locomotive designer there has ever been. When given the opportunity to comment these three exceptional engineers made …
Flying Scotsman, and the Story of Gresley's First Pacific Locomotives
E-bok, 2023
197 kr
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Herbert Nigel Gresley''s first Pacifics, though notable in their day, were made universally famous by one of their number – 4722 Flying Scotsman. Throughout her life she has been feted and glamorised far more than any of her sisters and yet when appearing from the LNER Works at Doncaster in 1923 …
Gresley's Silver Link
The Evolution of the A4 Pacifics 1911-1941
Inbunden, 2022
400 kr
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Gresley's A4 Pacifics are arguably the most famous locomotives ever built, a status cemented by Mallard's record breaking run on the 3rd July 38. And yet only a year later the glamorous streaks' seemed likely to be cast into obscurity by the coming of another world war. So, for only four …
Gresley's Silver Link
The Evolution of the A4 Pacifics 1911–1941
Av Ronald Hillier, Tim Hillier-Graves
E-bok, 2023
297 kr
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Gresley’s A4 Pacifics are arguably the most famous locomotives ever built, a status cemented by Mallard’s record breaking run on the 3rd July ‘38. And yet only a year later the glamorous ‘streaks’ seemed likely to be cast into obscurity by the coming of another world war. So, for only four …
Gresley's Silver Link
The Evolution of the A4 Pacifics 1911–1941
Av Ronald Hillier, Tim Hillier-Graves
E-bok, 2023
303 kr
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Gresley’s A4 Pacifics are arguably the most famous locomotives ever built, a status cemented by Mallard’s record breaking run on the 3rd July ‘38. And yet only a year later the glamorous ‘streaks’ seemed likely to be cast into obscurity by the coming of another world war. So, for only four …
A4 Pacifics After Gresley
The Late L N E R and British Railways Periods, 1942-1966
Inbunden, 2023
400 kr
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In their book Gresley's Silver Link' the authors analysed the evolution of the A4s Gresley's and their service up to Gresley's death in 1941\. This book takes this compelling story from the early years of the war up to their demise in the 1960sAfter four years of service pulling the LNER's most …
A4 Pacifics After Gresley
The Late L N E R and British Railways Periods, 1942-1966
Av Tim Hillier-Graves, Ronald Hillier
E-bok, 2023
227 kr
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In their book ''Gresley''s Silver Link'' the authors analyzed the evolution of the A4s Gresley''s and their service up to Gresley''s death in 1941. This book takes this compelling story from the early years of the war up to their demise in the 1960s After four years of service pulling the LNER''s …
A4 Pacifics After Gresley
The Late L N E R and British Railways Periods, 1942-1966
Av Tim Hillier-Graves, Ronald Hillier
E-bok, 2023
31 kr
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In their book ''Gresley''s Silver Link'' the authors analyzed the evolution of the A4s Gresley''s and their service up to Gresley''s death in 1941. This book takes this compelling story from the early years of the war up to their demise in the 1960s After four years of service pulling the LNER''s …
LMS Locomotive Design & Development
The Life and Work of Tom Coleman
E-bok, 2018
294 kr
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In 1958 one of Britain`s greatest locomotive designers died without public fanfare or recognition, mourned only by his family. Yet William Stanier, arguably one of our greatest engineers and his leader, said of him that without his Chief Draughtsman all he achieved with the LMS would not have been …
LMS Locomotive Design & Development
The Life and Work of Tom Coleman
E-bok, 2018
303 kr
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In 1958 one of Britain`s greatest locomotive designers died without public fanfare or recognition, mourned only by his family. Yet William Stanier, arguably one of our greatest engineers and his leader, said of him that without his Chief Draughtsman all he achieved with the LMS would not have been …
Peppercorn, His Life and Locomotives
Inbunden, 2021
456 kr
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Arthur Peppercorn, a vicar's son from Herefordshire, was the last L N E R Chief Mechanical Engineer.He managed his department for a very short time before it was swept away in the wholesale changes that followed Nationalisation of British Railways in 1948.Although a disciple and follower of Sir …
Peppercorn, His Life & Locomotives
E-bok, 2021
303 kr
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Arthur Peppercorn, a vicar''s son from Herefordshire, was the last L N E R Chief Mechanical Engineer. He managed his department for a very short time before it was swept away in the wholesale changes that followed Nationalisation of British Railways in 1948.Although a disciple and follower of Sir …
Peppercorn, His Life & Locomotives
E-bok, 2021
303 kr
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Arthur Peppercorn, a vicar''s son from Herefordshire, was the last L N E R Chief Mechanical Engineer. He managed his department for a very short time before it was swept away in the wholesale changes that followed Nationalisation of British Railways in 1948.Although a disciple and follower of Sir …
Locomotives of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
A Definitive Survey, 1854-1966
Inbunden, 2021
392 kr
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Although closed to traffic in 1966, with most of its infrastructure swiftly destroyed by British Railways, this unique railway line still lives in the minds of many, some too young to remember it in its heyday.For more then a hundred years it courted disaster and could on a number of occasions have …
Locomotives of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
A Definitive Survey, 1854–1966
E-bok, 2021
265 kr
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Although closed to traffic in 1966, with most of its infrastructure swiftly destroyed by British Railways, this unique railway line still lives in the minds of many, some too young to remember it in its heyday. For more then a hundred years it courted disaster and could on a number of occasions …
Widowmaker
Living and Dying with the Corsair
Inbunden, 2020
274 kr
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“Despite everything I felt very lucky to have flown Corsairs, they were the best you know even though it took me sometime to realise this when so many friends died flying them.” (Colin Facer, Corsair pilot, HMS Illustrious) The Vought-Sikorsky Corsair was one of the most potent fighters of the …
Widowmaker
Living and Dying with the Corsair
E-bok, 2020
221 kr
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The dramatic history behind one of WWII''s most powerful—and dangerous—planes, "spiced with many first-hand accounts, American and British" (Aeroplane).Despite everything, I felt very lucky to have flown Corsairs. They were the best, you know, even though it took me some time to realize this when …
Modified Bulleid Pacifics
How Ron Jarvis Reconstructed the Bulleid Pacifics
Inbunden, 2019
447 kr
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Oliver Bulleid's Pacifics were perhaps the most controversial steam locomotives ever built in Britain. They seem to been loved and loathed in equal measure and the debate over their strengths and weaknesses took on a new dimension when BR decided to modify them in the 1950s. It was argued that they …
